My good name has come under attack recently by someone who is trying to resurrect a womens Den.  I must express my sadness at the fact that a fellow witch would resort to lying and using magick to hurt another witch,  She accused me of telling lies about her and using dark magick against her among things. Anyone who knows me knows I do not  believe in using harmful magick.  I said someone who was supposed to be teaching me became too busy to help me after I got MS and was unable to drive to her house. I did not mention a name in that post, nor say anything personal about her.  I guess somewhere in there her higher self was making her feel guily and paranoid so she assumed it was her. So she emailed me accusing me of posting lies about her on the internet on my groups, which I have one on yahoo and another on pagan meetup and this page. I had no idea what she was talking about as I never mentioned her name on anything, I tried to peacefully resolve the situation, however she chose to resort to personal insults and attacks.  I warned her to stop several times but she kept  emailing me until I told her that I would have to place a restraining order on her for harrasment if she did not stop. So then she went on all kinds of NJ pagan websites and told a very twisted version of the truth, about me and the situation. I can't understand people who do this kind of thing. Witches who prefer chaos and drama to peace are the ones that give the rest of us a bad name.

Here is a background on this situation. In 2006  members of her former womens only group wanted to start a coven, it fell apart due to internal strife from  personality clashes between her and another woman. The remaining members hived off into another coven. That did not last too long. Then there were three left, who tried to be a coven but due to life issues it never really worked out.  I  remained friends with the members as I had no issues against them. One woman from the prior group who had more knowledge then I was being a mentor to me. My world came crashing down when my only brother who was a Master Chief in the US Navy, passed away at 42 years old, the prime of his life,  due to an infection from some deadly bacteria that attacked his heart. I drove back and forth to Virginia to do healing work on him while he was in the hospital there, and then he was transferred to John Hopkins in Baltimore, After 4 months he passed on. Of course I never received a sympathy card or phone call from her. Then, in September I was hospitalized for 6 weeks with MS symptoms. My former coven members came to visit me except the one that started the original coven (who is the one saying things about me); she never even called. I was hurt but I let it go as I pondered the situation and figured she must have been uncomfortable to be around me  After I came home I was unable to drive, and my mentor would not come to me, and eventually she just stopped all contact.  

In January 2007 my accuser and I made contact again as I asked her opinion on a former member that used to be my mentor claiming that they did dark magick against a pregnant woman and another who just bought her first home. My former mentor denied that she did anything, saying " You actually believed me?" Gee, when someone tells you something seriously are you not supposed to?? She offered to do Reiki on me, and told me she was leading a womens group at a magickal supply store in Mt. Holly. I went with her to the first meeting,  and we got together a few times. Things seemed fine then a few weeks later she just stopped calling or writing with no reason.. I called and emailed her but did not hear from her. Apparently something that happened and the womens group was no longer active and she did not want to talk about it.

About eight months pass and she emails myself and a the prior members of her coven and  wanted to get together for lunch. It wasn't a social call. Her motive was to try to resurrect her group. At first I was going to go along with it, but then I thought about it and decided to tell her that I needed to talk to her about the way she just ignored me and acted like she did not want anything more to do with me and how that hurt me, and I didnt understand why now she  wants to be friendly again. She said that was insulting to her and tried to turn it around on me, and was very defensive,. I asked her what exactly what I said that  insulted but she could not answer. That ended our friendship. In retrospect she was never my friend. She expects  people  are supposed to be there when she wants them but  won't be there when others when they need her. As she said she is a "cold, heartless amazon bitch".  She obviously does not subscribe to "harm none"  or any version of that, doesnt believe in the law of return, and would hurt anyone in her gets in her way.

The only reason I posted this is because I don't want any unsuspecting innocent people to get involved with her and be mislead. This woman's behavior is an example of why people think badly of pagans.  So run, dont walk and stay as far away for your own sake.

Merry Meet;

I am new around here, and want to say hello to all the members here. I am from Woodbury, NJ, which is maybe 20 minutes from Center City, Philadelphia. I will be finishing harvesting all of my herbs from my organic garden. I grew sage, catnip, lemon balm, peppermint, rosemary, thyme, parsley, calendula, and dill and chamomile which I already harvested. It has been a bountiful harvest, and I am very thankful.

The Goddess will pull you away and put you on other paths to open your eyes any way she can get your attention. I came down with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) in 2006, lost my job of 8 1/2 with the Electric Company due to sick time policy, despite the fact i was on sick leave. (Another one of Bush's business friendly changes to work laws.) This left me with plenty of time on my hands to study more about the Goddess and learn the things I was missing from my alleged teacher, who managed to become too busy to come teach me at my home when I was unable to drive to hers. After I began to walk again, I started a group in February called the Friends of Gaia, where i could share all the new things i learned with others. If there is anyone around southwestern NJ/Philadelphia you are welcome to come check out the group. http://friendsofgaias.covenspace.com.

Thanks everyone, and I hope to meet some new people with similar interests to exchange ideas, share and just chat.

Blessed be,

Gaia's Pythia (Ann)

Merry Meet! Thanks for checking out my blog. My name is Ann, and I moderate an adult group (21+) in Woodbury, NJ for Wiccans, or those curious about the path. Members of the group range in ages from 22 to 55. We meet on the 1st & 3rd Wednesdays at 7:30 pm, and 1st & 3rd Saturdays at 11:00 am for those who can't attend during the week, or missed a meeting. We honor the Earth Mother Gaia and each of us holds the ideal of caring for the earth and her creatures dearly. We respect and honor Goddesses and Gods from all pantheons.  We study and discuss different topics, picked from each members interests, and distribute handouts for everyone. We read various books and discuss them, and everyone gets to make up a question about the chapter for everybody to answer. We have group activities such as making magickal crafts and tools. hold canned food drives for the needy, donations to the local animal shelters, winter coat, hat, and mitten donations for needy children, or whatever way we can help this world be a kinder place and show the love of the Goddess and God. I hold sabbats, esbats, and rituals for whenever one of my wiccan family has a need, or in the wake of a natural disaster or impending one. 

On a personal note, I am happily married, have 6 cats and one dog, and I battle with Multiple Sclerosis (MS), however my disability does not hold me back from doing what I love and serving my Goddess and God.  I have an herb garden, and I do freelance writing which I hope will one day make it public.

Blessed Be!

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